Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Pay Attention to Luther's Sermon on the Third Sunday after the Epiphany

 

Luther's Sermons, Epiphany 3, Lenker edition - "Now learn from this how foolish and void of understanding we are in regard to God’s works and wonders, when we despise the plain Christian man and think that only the “men with pointed mitres” and the learned know and understand God’s truth; whereas Christ here exalts this heathen with his faith above all his disciples. This is because we hold to persons and dignities, and not to God’s Word and grace. Therefore with persons and dignities we also plunge into every error, and then say, the Christian church and the councils have declared so; they cannot err, because they have the Holy Spirit. Meanwhile Christ is with those despised ones and gives dignitaries and councils over to the devil."

The cost of a silk chasuble? Impossible!
$1500!



Note how those without a real doctorate strut...and laugh about their salaries and perks.


Scaer's boss, Dr. Robert Preus, had the guts to teach Justification and Rome in his final book, edited by two of his sons.